TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor ( NSANF ) Chief Financial Officer Stephen Ma will be reassigned to head the China business as part of the struggling Japanese automaker's restructuring measures, the Nikkei business daily reported.

Ma will be replaced as CFO by Jérémie Papin, head of North American operations, in a reshuffle of some executive committee members next month, the paper said.

Makoto Uchida will remain president despite opposition from some directors, the report said, without citing sources.